-Caveat Lector- *ALERT* CHRIS COX INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED -- FINDS 'SHOCKING' AND 'EXCEPTIONALLY SERIOUS PROBLEMS' from: http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a36881c4c38df.htm Los Angeles Times - DAILY PILOT Saturday, December 26, 1998 By HUSEIN MASHN Fund-raising probe finds "serious problems," Cox says Republican congressman hints that link between Democratic Party and sale of satellites to China will be 'shocking.' ---------------------------------------------------------- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Serious problems have been uncovered by a six-month congressional investigation into the connection between Democratic Party fund raising and the transfer of sensitive satellite technology to the People's Republic of China, says Rep. Chris Cox of Newport Beach, who oversaw the investigation. The classified final draft of the $1.5 million, 1,800-page study will be completed today, Cox said. "The select committee has uncovered exceptionally serious problems in the area of our jurisdiction," Cox said. "If it was publicly known, it would be shocking, indeed." Cox chaired the select committee, which includes members of both parties who looked into an alleged transfer of sensitive satellite technology to China from Loral Space & Communications Co. and Hughes Electronics Corp. Loral received a waiver from the Clinton administration to sell the technology, which the congressional committee alleges could be a threat to national security. The waiver was granted while the Justice Department was investigating Loral Chairman Bernard Schwartz, who gave the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign more than $600,000, more than any other single contributor. "I've really been working long hours with members of my staff to meet the Jan. 2 deadline," Cox said. "We have finished the investigation and are now writing the report." Cox said criminal investigations also are being conducted regarding transactions between Loral, Hughes Aircraft and China. Although the report is classified and has been successfully guarded from being leaked to the media, Cox said the select committee will attempt to "declassify as much of the report as possible," by early next year. "We have in recent months been focusing on [Chinese] espionage directed against U.S. military technology," Cox said earlier this week. "We'll have Christmas Day off, but then we'll be back to work Saturday." ------------------------------------------------------------------- On Chris Cox's page is a link to http://www.house.gov/chriscox/Press/coverage/ocr081998chinaselect.htm which gives: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 China inquiry is under veil of secrecy GOVERNMENT: Cox and other committee members begin hearing from analysts about the rocket/satellite explosion and consequences. By DENA BUNIS The Orange County Register WASHINGTON -- Code-word classification. Secure space. Security briefing. It sounds very Tom Clancy-ish. But those phrases have become part of Rep. Christopher Cox's vocabulary as his select committee on China has gotten down to work. For three days this week, the nine-member panel is hearing from top intelligence community analysts. Just what happened in February 1996 when a Chinese rocket exploded when it was about to launch an American sat? And in that aftermath, did Loral Space Systems, the satellite's builder, pass on secrets to the Chinese government? If so, why should we care? So far, everything the committee has been told has come via classified, secure briefings. In a town where leaks and partisan bickering are as expected as a hot, humid August, so far Cox, R-Newport Beach, and the ranking Democrat, Rep. Norman Dicks of Washington, have managed to keep rank politics out of this inquiry. And they are being very careful not to divulge anything that might remotely resemble a leak. What they will say is that after listening to the country's highest-level intelligence community officials, they want to not only know about what information the Chinese got but whether the Chinese passed on that information to unsavory regimes that could use them for no good. "When technology is transferred to Beijing it doesn't stop there," Cox said in an interview this week. "There is substantial evidence of technology transfers to countries that pose a much more serious short-term threat to the United States." When the committee meets, security is tight. Even the room where the panel meets — tucked away in the Capitol's attic — is unknown to most members of Congress. To get there, members use an unmarked elevator, set apart from the Capitol's crypt by a burgundy velvet rope. A sign reads: "Authorized Personnel Only." The elevator opens onto a stark white hallway. A heavy door is shut. There's a combination lock on the outside. A Capitol Police officer stands guard. The windowless hearing room is routinely swept for electronic surveillance. As the ranking Democrat on the Select Committee on Intelligence, Dicks is one of four House members who have such a high security clearance that they are entitled to know virtually everything the intelligence community does. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Minority Leader Rep. Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., and Intelligence committee Chairman Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fla., are the others. For the life of his panel, Cox has been added to that group. Experts watching the committee are not surprised there have not been any leaks thus far. First, they say, there's not much to leak yet. Second, members take such national security concerns very seriously. John Pike, head of the space project for the Federation of American Scientists, a Washington-based arms control think tank, says the secrecy may add to the legitimacy of the panel. "I think it's going to be an awful lot easier to keep the political truce and make this a serious investigation if it completely avoids any odor of a show trial," Pike said. Dicks said partisanship would be inevitable at public, televised sessions. "When they (Republicans) say something our side thinks is blaming Clinton, Democrats are going to jump in and blame it on Bush and Reagan," Dicks said during an interview this week. "That's Politics 101. Both sides should say this was a bipartisan policy. What we have to find out is whether it was wrong." Dicks and Cox agree that they've narrowed the scope of what they're going to do in the next five months to three areas: Missiles and rockets: This centers on the Loral incident and whether and what terminology was transferred, and to whom. Manufacturing: This refers to the McDonnell Douglas sale to the Chinese government of a manufacturing plant in Ohio that ended up being used to manufacture cruise missiles. Supercomputers: The question here is whether computers sold to China supposedly for commercial reasons are really being used for military purposes. Cox says he expects eventually there will be a public airing of the investigation. "Right now, we're kicking the tires on the government's investigations so we can uncover additional facts," Cox said. "Any information enterprised by our committee is likely to be unclassified" and could be aired in an open setting. The panel's investigative staff includes Democrats and Republicans. Most are on loan from the security agencies. Six come from the FBI, three from the CIA and four from the Pentagon. Defense and military experts hope the committee answers the broader question of what to do about foreign satellite launches and not just on what happened in this case. "I think slowly people are coming to recognize that these Chinese launch controversies are a tip of an iceberg of difficulties," said Henry Sokolsi, executive director of the Non-Proliferation Policy Education Center and a senior official in the Bush Pentagon. "This has to do with Americans' increasing reliance on foreign launch services generally." From: powell (throw.them.out) * 12/28/98 16:31:16 PST ------------------------------------------------------------------- To: Vegas Well well. What have we here? Is this the sound of the "other shoe dropping"? When Shippers (sp?)reviewed the Justice files on campaign finance and did not follow up, I hoped that he was deferring to the Cox investigation and did not want to "clutter up" or delay the impeachment. The timing of the Cox report (just before the Senate convenes), will turn up the heat on BC to resign (probably by the State of the Union Address). I believe that the Republican members of the Judicial Committee knew this would happen, and would take the heat off them and insure that BC would resign without a trial. BC can pardon Gore before he leaves office and Gore can pardon him after the election in 2000. What a perfect ending to this tragic soap opera! I can dream can't I? From: res ipsa loquitur () * 12/28/98 16:40:24 PST ------------------------------------------------------------------- To: Jeff Head The Democrat Party of the US needs to be disqualified as a political party in this nation due to high treason, just as the Communist Party was in the forties and fifties. To think that a national party would sell state secrets to the Chinese for political contributions is mindboggeling. It is time for true Americans to stand up and demand that the treasonous Democratic Party be outlawed. Yes Mr. Dershoshits your party committed treason. From: dontlookback (hi) * 12/28/98 16:41:36 PST ------------------------------------------------------------------- To: Vegas "Suspecting that any nuclear technology would be used to provide a scientific and technical infrastructure for the nuclear weapon program, Washington has urged China (and Russia) not to sell any nuclear technology to Iran. However, the U.S. response is complicated by the fact that Chinese nuclear technology transfers to Iran may not violate the NPT, although they may contradict U.S. laws, including the Iran-Iraq Arms Nonproliferation Act, Arms Export Control Act, and the Export-Import Bank Act. In April 1995, in discussions with Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen at the U.N., Secretary of State Christopher shared intelligence and tried to persuade the Chinese to halt the controversial nuclear sales to Iran. At a press conference on April 17, 1995, Secretary Christopher said that Iran "is simply too dangerous with its intentions and its motives and its designs to justify nuclear cooperation of an allegedly peaceful character." However, Qian Qichen publicly disagreed, saying "there is no international law or international regulation or international agreement that prohibits such cooperation on the peaceful use of nuclear energy." U.S. policy is also complicated by the fact that Westinghouse Electric Corporation[CBS] and General Electric [NBC] Corporation are interested in selling nuclear energy equipment to China. " The quote is a couple of years old. They are going to build plants in China. Go check the PRNewswires. Done deal. No 'reporting'. From: Boyd () * 12/28/98 16:48:25 PST ------------------------------------------------------------------- To: Jeff Head Bingo, this could be what Drudge is referring too, and would sink Clinton and anyone who has taken contributions from Loral, Hughes, etc. This has always bothered me more than Monicagate, since it means China could probably blind or bring down all our spy satellites. Is China going hard on the dissidents because they want to send us a message that we (U.S.) better not try anything now? By the way, are they still prosecuting fornicators in Gem County? From: hadrian () * 12/28/98 17:02:01 PST ------------------------------------------------------------------- To: Vegas Loral Chairman Bernard Schwartz, who gave the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign more than $600,000, more than any other single contributor. That may be what he gave the Clinton/Gore campaign but when contributions to other Democrats and the DNC is considered, Scwartz gave millions. And he has not stopped. Bernie kicked back another $350,000 to a DNC PAC this past fall. From: LarryLied ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * 12/28/98 17:06:17 PST ------------------------------------------------------------------- DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. 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